[M2d]

at my wedding, we held down the cost by working an arrangement with the restaurant where we supplied our own wine and beer and they provided the glasses (essentially, we paid a flat corkage fee). since no one at a wedding is really going to notice what brands they're drinking (as long as it's not swill), we could buy cheaper decent wines by the case and our own beer in kegs to save. an added benefit was that, since there was no hard alcohol served, no one got totally wasted, but most had a nice buzz on.